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The residents of Azerbaijan, Zamir Akhmedov and Zamig Farzaliev, have penetrated into the territory of the Fizuli District to collect non-ferrous scrap metals. While trying to escape from law enforcers in a car, the driver ran into a policeman and two militaries, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

Many Azerbaijani prisons are overcrowded; most of them fail to meet modern standards; the food is bad; and inmates have to pay for everything that is due to them by the law. The use of torture against convicts also remains an urgent problem, human rights defenders assert.

Magomed Gadaev, a refugee from Chechnya deported from France, who was kept at the airport after arriving in Moscow, was set free. This was announced by Igor Kalyapin, the chairman of the Committee against Torture (CaT).

The viewpoint of Chechen people is not presented in the documentary "Border" by Maryana Kalmykova about the protests of Ingush residents against the border agreement with Chechnya. Khava Khazbieva, the film producer, has explained that the authors tried to show the depth of people's experiences and what has changed in their lives.

The search for a native of Chechnya, deported from Germany and handed over to Chechen law enforcers has yielded no results yet, but human rights defenders continue searching for him, Oleg Orlov has stated. As a rule, a kidnapped person is forced to confess by means of threats and violence, and only after that relatives can learn about his fate, Magomed Alamov said.

Magomed Gadaev, a native of Chechnya, deported from France, was left in the transit zone of Sheremetyevo Airport; he was not released by FSB agents, who intend to send him to Chechnya. Gadaev claims that he'll face torture and murder in his homeland.

In Georgia, April 10 will be a day of mourning in memory of four residents of Abkhazia who drowned while crossing the Inguri River, the Prime Minister of the country has ordered. Georgian police and Abkhazian law enforcers have launched an inquiry into the circumstances of people's death.

The Kremlin has more reliable data about the incomes of the heads of the regions than journalists; therefore, publications about Ramzan Kadyrov's and his entourage's property give no grounds for additional checks. This was stated by Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin.

The fragments of "Iskander" missiles found in Shusha prove Russia's direct involvement in the Karabakh conflict on the side of Armenia; therefore, Moscow cannot be treated as an impartial mediator in the settlement thereof. This was stated by the picketers protesting in front of the Russian Embassy in Baku.

Officials from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) met relatives of prisoners of war (POWs) and soldiers missed in action during the Karabakh war. However, the MoD’s building remains blocked by protesters. The Ombudsman appealed to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CE) concerning “the immediate return of all prisoners of war detained in Azerbaijan.”

Radicals attacked Vitaly Mansky, the president of the “Artdocfest” documentary film festival on the day of the closing ceremony, and the police allowed attackers to leave the cinema building, organizers of the event reported.

Magomed Gadaev, a 37-year-old refugee from Chechnya, injured his stomach in order to disrupt his deportation from France to Russia scheduled for today, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov reported.

The police pushed back protesters who tried to break into the building of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) in Yerevan. Relatives of prisoners of war (POWs) and soldiers missed in action demanded from military heads to go out to meet them.

The version that Ibragim Temirbaev, a former Mayor of the city of Argun seems plausible, since earlier there were reports that he fell out of Ramzan Kadyrov's favour and about his imprisonment, analysts believe.

The documentary "Under Same Sun" by François Jacob, a Canadian filmmaker, about Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and confrontation around Nagorno-Karabakh is objectively covering the positions of both parties. The author has managed to maintain neutrality, the audience of the "Artdocfest" festival has pointed out.

Relatives of the Armenian prisoners of war (POWs), who on April 8 failed to welcome the return of another group of soldiers from Azerbaijan at the airport, joined the protesters outside the building of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The threats received by Dmitry Glukhovsky, the scriptwriter of the serial "Topi" (Moors), from Chechen Internet users have appeared amid the growth of general aggression in the society, Valery Borschov, a human rights defender, believes.

Irina Vasilieva, the author of the film "25 Years of Solitude", told the love story of an Abkhaz veteran. The documentary about Abkhazia turned out to be unexpectedly far from politics, spectators have noted. Irina plans to organize the film screening in Abkhazia.

The Makhachkala court has again refused to satisfy the complaint lodged by Murtazali Gasanguseinov, who is seeking criminal prosecution of the ex-chief of the Shamil ROVD (District Interior Division). Gasanguseinov has stated that law enforcers are covering up his sons' murder.

During five years, the Georgia General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has made no progress in the investigation of his kidnapping in five years, the Azerbaijani journalist, Afghan Mukhtarly, who arrived in Tbilisi to testify, has stated. He is sure that he was kidnapped with the consent of Georgian authorities.